Within the past few days it was announced that two large US electric power plants are shutting down permanently:
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/another-nuclear-plant-closes-get-ready-electricity-shortages
Considering all the hoopla about how nuclear power is "green", does it make sense to shut down the Palisades plant?
The Zimmer plant was designed by General Electric, and had it been completed as a turnkey project by GE it would have cost less than $ 250 million. But thanks to Three Mile Island and claims of "shoddy construction", the cost ballooned out of sight and the plant was converted to coal.
I worked for GE Nuclear at the time, and two of my coworkers were assigned to the Zimmer project. They left to drive from Oklahoma to Cincinnati on the weekend the decision was made to cancel the project, and they found the gates locked when they reported to work that Monday.
In my view, the interference of the NRC following TMI destroyed projects like Zimmer and Shoreham but did NOT make the remaining nuclear plants that much safer. And all the current talk about how future designs will be more "advanced" and "safer" have as much credibility as the claim that COVID mRNA injectable products are "safe and effective".
Yes, the US electric grid is being mismanaged ... BADLY. The true impact of that fact will not be felt until the blackouts start, and then the REAL problem will be revealed - the US government is 100% behind the global move to force We the People off all sources of cheap electricity.
"Joe Biden" and his ilk will tell you "no pain, no gain". As far as I'm concerned, the real situation will be "yes pain, and still no gain".
Don't forget, we're just "useless people". Our wants and needs don't matter.
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